This research explores the lived experience of Navy Hospital Corpsmen (medics) who have served in combat with U.S. Marine Corps units in Iraq and/or Afghanistan. It uses interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) to examine both the lived experiences and the derived meaning of…
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This qualitative, exploratory study examines the combat experiences of female veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, and explores differences and similarities between male and female veterans’ descriptions of their combat experiences. Semi-structured interviews with 12 female and 5 m…
Since the integration of women into the United States armed forces, servicemen have been expected to be the fighters while servicewomen largely occupied safe or nurturing support roles as dictated by American society at large. The ground combat exclusion policy, which officially…
The effects of a long-term combat deployment on a soldier's physical fitness are not well understood. In active duty soldiers, combat deployment reduced physical fitness compared to pre-deployment status, but no similar research has been performed on Army National Guard soldiers…
The current study examined the moderating effects of organizational social phenomenon (leader behaviors, cohesion, and social support) on the relationship between stressors associated with combat operations and perceived stress. This study was a secondary analysis of longitudina…
This is a study about the effects of the Gulf War in terms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) upon 12 male members of armed services reserve groups now located in Bozeman, Montana. By 2007, more combat troops were killed by snipers, improvised explosive device (IEDs), and o…
Woman, Warrior: The Story of Linda Bray and an Analysis of Female War Veterans in the American Media discusses the media's portrayal of former Army Captain Linda Bray, the first woman to lead American troops into combat in the Panamanian invasion of 1989, and how her leadership …
This study explores the phenomenon of leader learning in dynamic and hazardous environments. The extant literature emphasizes the importance of, and the process whereby, leaders learn from experience in dynamic milieus (Bennis & Nanus, 1985; Zemke, 1985; Conger, 1992; Kouzes, 19…
Approximately 2 million U.S. troops have deployed as part of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF; Afghanistan) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF; Iraq), since the wars began in October 2002 (Taylor, et al., 2012). Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a major concern for the Department of …
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between reported childhood traumatic events and posttraumatic growth in a group of combat-exposed soldiers. This archival sample consisted of 2,319 men and women, 18 years or older, who completed an extensive clinical sur…
This creative thesis comprises the first three chapters of Holding Her Own, a novel which explores the career of a young warrant officer who trains on the AH-64 Apache helicopter two years after the United States Army lifts the ban on women in combat aviation. Seventeen-year-old…
Thousands of Iraq combat veterans are currently returning home from the war. A significant percentage of these soldiers are presenting with mental-health problems, foremost of which is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a debilitating condition which has psychological and ps…
Cenotaph is a collection of poems based on the author's experiences in Iraq over the course of three tours of duty that explore combat, loss, and memory.
This study explored the lived experience of five military combat veterans' attitudes towards military mental health care in regards to stigmatization of receiving these services. Each participant served multiple tours of duty in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2003 to 2…
The emergence of modern warfare has contributed to greater numbers of service members being exposed to morally ambiguous decisions and actions (e.g., harming civilians and non-combatants). The moral and spiritual implications of serving in combat have gained increasing attention…
High rates of both binge drinking and traumatic brain injury (TBI) are common among military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Given the normative behavior of binge drinking in the military, alcohol may be used to cope with the stresses of combat experiences and inj…
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to identify key strategies used by Marine Corps battalion commanders for building trust among Marines in a combat environment. Methods. After a review of the cogent literature, the key conceptual framework categories were identified as conc…
For African Americans soldiers serving in the armed forces during the Vietnam War the domestic scene loomed large. African Americans perceived racial issues, race relations, prejudice, and discrimination; in Vietnam through a lens heavily influenced by their earlier experiences …
Composer Maurice Ravel was deeply affected by his experience as a truck-driving soldier in World War I (WWI). For the rest of his life, he never fully came out of the shadow of losing his friends in combat and his beloved mother during the same years. This study examines the imp…